The Stormin' Norman Inshore Challenge to benefit the family of Tim Lenicx will go on as scheduled on Saturday out of American Legion Post 199 on Mobile Bay in Fairhope. Tickets can be purchased at Fisherman's Discount on Baldwin County 98 in Fairhope until 6 p.m. Friday or until midnight online at www.storminnorman.org.(Press-Register/Jeff Dute)

Stormin' Norman Inshore Challenge still a go for Saturday

The directors of The Mystic Stripers Rodeo and the Kyser Miree Memorial Fishing Tournament have postponed their tournaments scheduled this Saturday and announced both tournaments have been reset for June 24 at Dauphin Island Marina on Dauphin Island.

Tournament directors felt a responsibility to the fishermen fishing their tournaments, especially with the NOAA marine forecast calling for the possibility of small craft warnings, 20-knot winds and 5- to 7-foot waves offshore over the weekend.

Mystic Stripers Rodeo pPaper tickets will remain on sale through next week and can also be be bought online at

In the Mystic Stripers Rodeo, the biggest red snapper bonus, sponsored by L & M Tires and Automotive and Gulf Coast Wheels, will still win $1,000. The king mackerel and speckled trout jackpots will also award an additional $500 thanks to the sponsorship of Smith Electric and Atwater Diesel respectively.

Harris Electric is also sponsoring a $250 bonus paid to the angler who brings in the largest tripletail (blackfish).

STORMIN NORMAN INSHORE CHALLENGE STILL ON

Organizers of Saturday's Stormin' Norman Inshore Challenge said Friday that the tournament will go on as scheduled.

Tickets
can be purchased at Fisherman's Discount on Baldwin County 98 in
Fairhope until 6 p.m. or anglers can register online at
www.storminnorman.org until midnight.

MBGFC LADIES TOURNAMENT CANCELED

The Mobile Big Game Fishing Club board of directors announced on Thursday that the club's Ladies Tournament, also set for Saturday, has been canceled. No alternate date was announced.

MCGILL-TOOLEN YELLOW JACKET OPEN RESCHEDULED

Bad weather last weekend also forced organizers of the McGill-Toolen Yellow Jacket open to reschedule their tournament for June 30, also out of Dauphin Island Marina.